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- NASA detects 'heartbeat' of pint-sized star-sucker
- The cure for US job woes: More immigrants
- Samsung shifts Apple A5 chip production to Texas
- Manning's lawyer calls for pre-trial officer to quit case
- Angry Birds maker now aims at Asian IPO
- Swiss-based Balesio takes the knife to PDF files
- Euro cops cuff 112 in paedophile network raids
- Microsoft will beat Linux clouds at their own game - with open source
- Assange™ wins Supreme Court extradition appeal bid
- Salesforce gobbles 'Facebook for the office' startup
- Duff Mars probe's flaming shards to rain down mid-January
- Dell flees netbook market, dumps Minis
- 'Self-aware' bank account robbing code unleashed by hacker
- 2011's Best... DSLRs
- RIM's top bosses slash salaries to $1 a year
- Met to push rape warnings over Wi-Fi to Xmas partygoers
- Shed Xmas flab and debug code with treadmill laptop contraption
- E-book reader sales to boom as prices plunge
- Farmville maker Zynga raises $1bn for IPO
- Fanbois locked out of iTunes store, iCloud in Apple outage
- Xmas heralds bumper tablet shipments
- Pop teen beats Steve Jobs in Google's 2011 popularity contest
- Adobe startles Wall St with Q4 sales climb
- Doctor Who girl Amy Pond axed in 'heartbreaking' exit
- 'Android malware must be kind of thrilling for Microsoft'
- Apple 7in iPad not out until Q3 2012
- Brit PhD student excels in Pentagon digi-forensics challenge
- Google's Siri-a-like to be named 'Majel' after Trek actress
- Asus pushes Prime pre-orders
- Marmitek Gigaview GV820 wireless HDMI sender
- The Google Review: Now Speak Your Brains
- UK.gov imposes broadband deadline for councils
- Google+ gets group vid, Nokia still has a Pulse
- Seagate matches and raises WD disk warranty cuts
- Jedi light-sabre beats Taser in Oregon parking-lot fracas
- Nvidia ditches homegrown C/C++ compiler for LLVM
- Nikon 1 V1 interchangeable lens compact camera
- Judge dismisses charges against accused Twitter stalker
| NASA detects 'heartbeat' of pint-sized star-sucker Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:11 PM PST Smallest black hole ever found – and maybe ever will beIn what is turning out to be one of the best months ever for black-hole fanbois, a team of Dutch, Italian, and US space boffins has detected the "heartbeat" of what appears to be teensiest, weensiest black hole ever discovered.… |
| The cure for US job woes: More immigrants Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:37 PM PST New pro-business report begs: 'Let 'em in!'Radically increasing the number of immigrants – from the highly skilled professional to the seasonal agricultural field hand – is the solution to the US economy's dismal inability to create jobs.… |
| Samsung shifts Apple A5 chip production to Texas Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:27 AM PST A |
| Manning's lawyer calls for pre-trial officer to quit case Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:14 AM PST Alleged Wikileaks source appears in pre-trial hearingAlleged Wikileaks cables source Private Bradley Manning will not get an unbiased military trial unless the officer presiding over his case is replaced, said Manning's defence lawyer David Coombs today.… |
| Angry Birds maker now aims at Asian IPO Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:36 AM PST Rovio and the Hong Kong flock exchangeRovio, maker of the incredible phenomenon that is Angry Birds, is mulling the obligatory next step in tech firm domination: an IPO.… |
| Swiss-based Balesio takes the knife to PDF files Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:09 AM PST Screws them down to less than half the sizeSwiss-based file compressor Balesio has added PDF file compression to its space reduction capabilities for Microsoft Office and image files.… |
| Euro cops cuff 112 in paedophile network raids Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:47 AM PST Terabytes of child abuse video seized from one suspect alonePolice across Europe have arrested 112 suspected members of a child abuse ring.… |
| Microsoft will beat Linux clouds at their own game - with open source Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:24 AM PST Developers, developers, developers, developersOpen... and Shut Amazon may dominate public cloud computing, but not amongst the Microsoft groupies. Microsoft has managed to be an end-to-end cradle-to-grave supplier within the data centre, and is attempting to extend this motherly embrace to the cloud with its Azure platform.… |
| Assange™ wins Supreme Court extradition appeal bid Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:08 AM PST WikiLeaker-in-chief to spend another Christmas in BlightyJulian Assange has been granted permission to appeal against his extradition to Sweden where he faces allegations of sexual molestation and rape.… |
| Salesforce gobbles 'Facebook for the office' startup Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:52 AM PST Rypple of excitement among HR suitsSalesforce has made a bold move into human resources software by buying up Rypple - a social platform for the workplace.… |
| Duff Mars probe's flaming shards to rain down mid-January Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:41 AM PST Up to 30 bits of Phobos-Grunt to hit EarthThe remains of dud Martian probe Phobos-Grunt will fall to Earth next month, the Russian space agency announced.… |
| Dell flees netbook market, dumps Minis Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:12 AM PST Long live the ultrabook, right?Dell have pulled out of the netbook market in a move that pretty much seals the fate of the pint-sized form factor. The Dell Mini range is no longer available on the website and the tech titan's US office has confirmed that the product line is dead.… |
| 'Self-aware' bank account robbing code unleashed by hacker Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:48 AM PST 'XSS on steroids' crafted to highlight web security holesA hacker has published code for potent cross-site scripting attacks that he claims go beyond the usual cookie stealing and phishing for users' private details.… |
| Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:27 AM PST Get snappy and improve your image this ChristmasXmas Gift Guide While few would argue that a DSLR offers the best combination of features, performance and image quality, 2011 didn't really set the world alight with new models. For the most part manufacturers patched holes in their respective ranges, to provide a full spectrum of models to suit both budgets and ability.… |
| RIM's top bosses slash salaries to $1 a year Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:21 AM PST Shake-up promised at floundering BlackBerry bizTroubled BlackBerry maker RIM appears to have been listening to its irate shareholders - promising a "comprehensive review" of the company while top shareholders and CEO-cum-chairmen Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis cut their wages to a dollar a year.… |
| Met to push rape warnings over Wi-Fi to Xmas partygoers Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:01 AM PST Capital's nightspot hotspots to emit safety alertsLondon police are turning to Wi-Fi to beam alerts to revellers in the capital, warning them of the danger of rape while out partying and drinking over Christmas.… |
| Shed Xmas flab and debug code with treadmill laptop contraption Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:44 AM PST For fatties who can't leave their keyboardsNo self-respecting techie would ever be seen dead in a gym. If you want to get fit, just put down the doughnut and go for a walk. However for those of you who do submit to treadmill workouts but don't want to miss a minute's coding time, this might interest you.… |
| E-book reader sales to boom as prices plunge Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:31 AM PST Rivals follow Amazon and cutWorld shipments of e-book readers with electronic ink screens topped 6.5m in Q3 2011, market watcher IDC has said.… |
| Farmville maker Zynga raises $1bn for IPO Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:24 AM PST Offering is biggest since GoogleAn online games company that derives most of its revenue from privately-held Facebook has raised $1bn in its initial public offering.… |
| Fanbois locked out of iTunes store, iCloud in Apple outage Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:11 AM PST Fury as Cupertino's login servers fall overUpdated A number of Apple fanbois have been shut out of their iTunes store and iCloud accounts since last night as their login details fail to work as expected.… |
| Xmas heralds bumper tablet shipments Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:01 AM PST Q3 sales down, Q4 to make up and then someIs fondleslab fever fading? They might be if you're IDC, a market watcher, which had to admit that its forecast for Q3 2011 tablet shipments was almost six per cent off mark.… |
| Pop teen beats Steve Jobs in Google's 2011 popularity contest Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:41 AM PST Zeitgeist admits Apple is popular, no sign of AndroidGoogle has acknowledged the global dominance of arch-rivals Apple as the Chocolate Factory's 2011 Zeitgeist chart shows Apple placed not just once but three times in the internet popularity contest.… |
| Adobe startles Wall St with Q4 sales climb Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:21 AM PST Time to pump more money from cloudJust one month after Adobe confirmed it was axing around 7 per cent of its global workforce and backing away from its Flash Player software on mobile gadgets, the company has reported final quarter results that surprised Wall Street.… |
| Doctor Who girl Amy Pond axed in 'heartbreaking' exit Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:06 AM PST Sidekick search starts as companion couple leave next seriesDoctor Who is in the market for a brand new sidekick, as current companions Amy and Rory Pond will leave the show during the next series in a "heartbreaking" fashion.… |
| 'Android malware must be kind of thrilling for Microsoft' Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:44 AM PST Plus: 'Young people are fed up with iPhones'QuotW This was the week when in a rather ironic about-turn, peer-to-peer veterans decided to start a suit against companies like Google, Amazon, Dropbox and VMWare for using their intellectual property to make their cloud and virtualisation offerings.… |
| Apple 7in iPad not out until Q3 2012 Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:37 AM PST LG doing the display, moles claimKeenly hoping Apple will bring out the 7in iPad of rumours past? You'll get your wish next year, apparently.… |
| Brit PhD student excels in Pentagon digi-forensics challenge Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:29 AM PST Makes global top ten, heads UK rankingsA computer science student from Lancaster University has become the UK winner of the digital forensics challenge, a global competition designed and hosted by the US Department of Defense.… |
| Google's Siri-a-like to be named 'Majel' after Trek actress Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:16 AM PST Software that acts human named after human acting like softwareGoogle are working on a voice-recognising Siri-beater say the blogs, and it's going to be called Majel. Google phones have had voice control for donkey's years but the Majel app will be better than the old stuff says a Google insider quoted on AndroidandMe.… |
| Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:07 AM PST Ask for Ice Cream Sarnie, Tegra 3 tablet nowAsus has said some 16 UK retailers are now taking advance orders for its Nvidia Tegra 3-based Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet-netbook combo, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime.… |
| Marmitek Gigaview GV820 wireless HDMI sender Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:00 AM PST Give me streamAccessory of the Week When it comes to HDMI senders, it's the quality of transmission and ease of set up which generally sets one apart from another. The smart-looking Marmitek Gigaview - yes, it does sound like the name of an Austin Powers villain - does well on both counts.… |
| The Google Review: Now Speak Your Brains Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:44 AM PST Opt-in for your rightsThe Business Department BiS has launched a copyright consultation, inviting views on the recommendations raised in the "Google Review", as the "Hargreaves Review into IP and Growth" became known.… |
| UK.gov imposes broadband deadline for councils Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:29 AM PST Mmmm. Get your chops around juicy pork barrel goodnessIt's been a week since the Countryside Alliance made a noise about the lack of activity around the rollout of a broadband network in rural areas. That came after a Freedom of Information request from the pro-fox hunting group revealed that councils were bumbling along with the fibre upgrade process.… |
| Google+ gets group vid, Nokia still has a Pulse Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:14 AM PST Social networks for people who don't like peopleGoogle+ is adding group video to its hangouts on Android, while Nokia Pulse gets updated for those who like their social networking a little less social.… |
| Seagate matches and raises WD disk warranty cuts Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:55 AM PST 'We're just being consistent with the industry'Seagate is cutting most Barracuda and Momentus warranty periods down to one year with others moving from five-year warranties to three.… |
| Jedi light-sabre beats Taser in Oregon parking-lot fracas Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:28 AM PST Mumbo-jumbo mystic impervious to cops' electric blastersFor those of you who've ever wondered, like you do, whether the Jedi lightsabre or the Taser is the more effective weapon, we're delighted to report that the electric dispenser of justice is no match for Obi-Wan Kenobi's mighty glowing tool.… |
| Nvidia ditches homegrown C/C++ compiler for LLVM Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:01 AM PST Revs CUDA tools to 4.1Graphics processor and SoC chip maker Nvidia is hosting its GTC Asia conference in Beijing this week, and with the next-generation Kepler GPUs being pushed out to early next year, there isn't any new chippery to salivate over. But Nvidia has some new compilers and a revved up CUDA development kit to make things interesting just the same.… |
| Nikon 1 V1 interchangeable lens compact camera Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:00 PM PST The 1 worth havingReview The V1 is the flagship model of Nikon's newborn mirrorless, interchangeable lenses camera system simply called 1 that currently has only two models, the cheapest, being the smaller and less sophisticated J1 reviewed recently. Yet having entered the Compact System Camera's (CSC) scene with some considerable delay, can Nikon really bring anything new and truly competitive to this increasingly saturated market?… |
| Judge dismisses charges against accused Twitter stalker Posted: 15 Dec 2011 05:13 PM PST Offensive tweets protected by US ConstitutionA federal judge has dismissed a criminal case against a man charged with stalking a religious leader on Twitter on the grounds that the more than 8,000 messages he posted, some predicting her violent death, were protected by the US constitution.… |
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